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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYC

Sardine

Remote · 7+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 20, 2026

At a glance

Experience
7+ years experience
Employment
Full-time
Workplace
Remote
Location
Remote

About the role

  • As a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, constructing, and maintaining APIs, services, and systems across our engineering team.
  • This multifaceted position involves developing new features on a large scale, refining internal tooling and processes, contributing to product and technical roadmaps, and assuming diverse responsibilities within the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Design, create, and maintain robust, efficient, and reliable backend services to meet our platform's evolving needs.
  • Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to architect and implement new services from inception to delivery.
  • Contribute to developing new features and capabilities that deliver substantial value to our customers.
  • Work with various engineering and product teams to synchronize efforts and deliver cutting-edge solutions.
  • Craft and maintain user-facing technical documentation, enhancing user understanding and facilitating seamless adoption of our services.
  • Play a pivotal role in shaping our company's engineering culture, ensuring the maintenance of high engineering standards across the organization.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development.
  • A track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services and systems.
  • Customer-centric approach with a strong emphasis on empathy towards users.
  • Relevant industry experience, particularly in banking or fintech, and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance.
  • Proficient in English - from casual chats to formal reports.

Preferred qualifications

  • Proficiency in Golang is a significant advantage.
  • Additional experience in data engineering is highly desirable.

Benefits

  • Generous compensation in cash and equity
  • Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
  • Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
  • Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
  • Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
  • 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
  • MacBook Pro delivered to your door
  • One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
  • Monthly meal stipend
  • Monthly social meet-up stipend

Workplace

  • Remote-first team spread across time zones, with no office to report to.

Skills

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Node
  • Golang
  • Ruby
  • Bigtable
  • Postgres
  • PostgreSQL
  • GCP Dataflow
  • Apache Beam
  • BigQuery
  • Python
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  • Java
  • Terraform

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYC

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